Seek
Upstate NY
Wine Thief
Posts:2772
 | | 11/26/2005 5:44 PM |
| | Hold or try. I have 2 bottles | | | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15756
| | 11/26/2005 6:15 PM |
| | Good question. I've been thinking of poping one also. | | | |
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Blair Ridley
Wine Labeler
Posts:3980
| | 11/26/2005 7:55 PM |
| | Is sell an option? If this is the highest end Kistler Pinot, I just sold one vintage on winebid for $420 per bottle. I can buy a lot of excellent Burgundy for that one bottle of Kistler. | | | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15756
| | 11/26/2005 8:06 PM |
| Sure. Sell it if you want.
But I'd bet you wouldn't get as good a Burgundy as the Elizabeth for $500 bucks. | | | |
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Seek
Upstate NY
Wine Thief
Posts:2772
| | 11/26/2005 8:52 PM |
| I don't know about that David. For $500 you could find a few phenomenal Grand Cru Burgundy.
Anyway I would like to see if anyone has some recent experience with the Elizabeth. | | | |
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mountainman
Mammoth Mountain
Wine Bottler
Posts:3164
| | 11/26/2005 9:03 PM |
| | Had one with the Marsh's a half year ago. Awesome. | | | |
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skwid
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5452
| | 11/26/2005 11:14 PM |
| Quote:
Sure. Sell it if you want.
But I'd bet you wouldn't get as good a Burgundy as the Elizabeth for $500 bucks.
I paid less than that for that 1985 DRC which rolled your socks up and down so it is entirely possible to get some great Burgundy and possibly end up with some cash in your pocket. You should also be able to pick up some 1990 Leroy Vosne Romanee Les Beauxmonts for less than that (a truely stunning wine BTW). | | | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15756
| | 11/27/2005 4:10 AM |
| Quote:
Quote:
Sure. Sell it if you want.
But I'd bet you wouldn't get as good a Burgundy as the Elizabeth for $500 bucks.
I paid less than that for that 1985 DRC which rolled your socks up and down so it is entirely possible to get some great Burgundy and possibly end up with some cash in your pocket. You should also be able to pick up some 1990 Leroy Vosne Romanee Les Beauxmonts for less than that (a truely stunning wine BTW).
skwid,
You buy the '85 DRC for $500 and I'll double your money! You know you got that bottle out of the back of someone's trunk.
And yes, absolutely! You can buy some pretty fine Burgundy for that $500 BUT...
The Elizabeth is a mighty fine wine too.
2000 Kistler Pinot Noir Occidental Vineyard Cuvee Elizabeth 99
1999 Kistler Pinot Noir Occidental Vineyard Cuvee Elizabeth (98-100)
1998 Kistler Pinot Noir Occidental Vineyard Cuvee Elizabeth 96-98
2002 Kistler Pinot Noir Occidental Vineyard Cuvee Elizabeth 95
2003 Kistler Pinot Noir Occidental Vineyard Cuvee Elizabeth (92-95)
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Joseph Bembry
Wine Lover
Posts:4876
| | 11/28/2005 5:20 PM |
| I have one bottle of the Elizabeth. If I can get $400 for it, I would sell it in a heartbeat. Any takers? 
jb | | | |
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Blair Ridley
Wine Labeler
Posts:3980
| | 11/28/2005 5:32 PM |
| jb -
My bottle was the 2000 and sold for $420 ($357 net to me) on Winebid a couple weeks ago. If you do want to sell, I'd be happy to throw it in with my next consignment (I pay 14% commission and 1% insurance). | | | |
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Drew
Sammamish, WA
Wine Bottler
Posts:3200
| | 11/29/2005 1:07 PM |
| I don't think I'd flip it unless I had a decent number of them. It's supposed to be a phenomenal bottle of wine (hoping to finally get one in the spring after fencing the Kistler order across the west coast for 6 mailers) and I really don't see a great return on effort for selling one or two bottles when you consider the quality of what you're selling. Even at $357 net, you paid $90 + shipping, so you're looking at a $260 profit; I try not to look at my wine as a sunk cost unless I'm talking to the wife...
My advice? Keep the bottle and move the poker game a little farther south next time | | | |
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Blair Ridley
Wine Labeler
Posts:3980
| | 11/29/2005 1:14 PM |
| Drew -
Where'd you come up with the $90 shipping? | | | |
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Drew
Sammamish, WA
Wine Bottler
Posts:3200
| | 11/29/2005 1:27 PM |
| | $90+shipping, which is usually about $7. Initial cost of the bottle was ~$90, right? | | | |
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Blair Ridley
Wine Labeler
Posts:3980
| | 11/29/2005 1:49 PM |
| | Gotcha - I misread your post. Sounds about right. | | | |
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Pete Marsh
Left Coast
Barrel Racker
Posts:1520
| | 11/29/2005 3:19 PM |
| This wine is made from a vineyard that I can see from the back porch. The land was orginally owned by Cam Theriot. He sold it to the Dutton family who leased it to Steve Kistler. Kistler made all the farming decisions. Kistler gave up the lease and property was sold. I believe the sale was after the 2004 vintage. I understand that the fruit will go to Red Car in the future. Mountainman did bring a bottle to dinner and it was stunning.
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts:13711
| | 11/29/2005 3:55 PM |
| I only have a single of this so I am definitely keeping it and holding it for a special occasion.
edit--I am an idiot. I have the 2002. | |
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Joseph Bembry
Wine Lover
Posts:4876
| | 11/30/2005 4:20 AM |
| I'd still rather have the $350 to spend on a few Burgundies.
jb | | | |
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Chico
Grape Sorter
Posts:227
| | 11/30/2005 2:08 PM |
| Pete,
Red Car will be getting the fruit in 05' that sounds fun  Will be waiting to see what they do with it, and price os course. | | | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15756
| | 11/30/2005 8:46 PM |
| Hey...
If someone wants to sell a bottle for a good profit because otherwise they can't afford shoes for their kid and are tired of painting the kid's feet black and lacing up their toes...
sell it!
But if what one wants is to trade one "fantastic" night of pleasure for five just "good" nights of pleasure...
that is something I wouldn't do. I'd rather abstain for four nights so that on the fifth night it will be something that I will remember maybe forever.
It's that old trite saying... Life's too short to drink bad wine.
Do you know what I call a person who has never tasted a great, fantastic wine? | | | |
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Joseph Bembry
Wine Lover
Posts:4876
| | 11/30/2005 9:12 PM |
| My kid has shoes. Just no clothes.
I am a Burgundy fanatic and my tastes run more towards Vosne Romanee than Sonoma Coast these days. So I would rather have 3 bottles of Arnoux Vosne Romanee Suchots than 1 bottle of Elizabeth. But that's just me. To each his own. No dis of Kistler. I've been on the list since 2000. Love the wines.
Also, as someone who is not a fan of Red Car, I shudder to think what the grapes of the Elizabeth will one day become.
jb | | | |
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